ARSENAL came back from the dead today to beat Bournemouth 3-2 at the Emirates Stadium to restore their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League table.
The Gunners were down 2-0 but scored three goals in the second half, the third in the seventh minute of added time, to secure the win.
Philip Billing gave the struggling visitors a shock lead just nine seconds after the kick-off with the second fastest goal in Premier League history.
Bournemouth doubled their lead 12 minutes into the second half through Marcos Senesi as they looked to pull off one of the biggest upsets in the league this season.
Arsenal began their fightback through Thomas Partey two minutes after the hour mark and equalised via Ben White eight minutes later.
With it looking like a damaging draw for Arsenal, substitute Reiss Nelson scored with the last kick of the match to hand them victory.
Also today in one of the afternoon kick-offs, Chelsea defeated Leeds United 1-0 at Stamford Bridge to claim their first Premier League win since January 15, when they beat Crystal Palace.
Defender Wesley Fofana struck with a header in the eighth minute of the second half to end Graham Potter’s side’s dismal run of five matches without a win in all competitions.
There were negative results for two other London sides away from home today, however, with both Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United losing.
Spurs were beaten 1-0 by Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molinuex, substitute Adama Traore scoring the only goal eight minutes from time.
The defeat leaves Tottenham in fourth place, four points ahead of Newcastle United, who have two games in hand in the race for UEFA Champions League spots.
On their part, West were thrashed by Brighton 4-0, Alexis Mac Allister, Joel Veltman, Kaoru Mitoma and Danny Welbeck scoring, with three of the goals in the second half.
West Ham are 16th, just two points away from the relegation places, while Brighton are eighth.
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